Wiper for bottle-labeling machines.



B. EBMOLD.

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pecleatlon o' Lettera Patent,

WIPEB FOR BOTTLE-LABELING HACHINES.

Patented Aug. Si?, 93.61.

Application Bled Narch 21910. Serial Ho. 848,829.

To all whom i8 may concern.'

Be it known that I, EnwARo EnMoLo, s. citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at New York, in the boron h of Manhattan, county undStute of New 'ork, have invented certain new und useful Imlovements inWipers for Bottle-Labeling achincs, of which the following is aspecification. I Thil-:invention relates to wipers such us are used inbottle labeling maschinen, for upplying labels to bottles. such a.bottle labelmachine being shown in my Patent No. ,501,dated June 1,1909, and the objects of the invention are to improve upon theconstruction of such wipers, and increase their eliciency of operation,with simplicity of arts and cheapness of manufacture.

her objects of the invention are to provide wiper-strips which permit ofn. large range of movement so as to conform to irregularly shapedbottles, further objects of t e invention being to provide means forpreventing the wiper stri s from becoming entangled one with the ot er.n

Re erring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a. detail front elevation of apair of wipers made accordin to the present invention spling a looneck-label to the neck cf a tle, the operating mechanism for operatingthe wipers being a portion of the mechanism shown and described in mPatent No. 923501, dated June 1, 1909. `ig. 2 is a detail view of one ofthe wi rs in crowsection. Fig. 3 is a detail en view of one of thewipers. Fig. 4 is a detail bottom view of one of the wipers. Fig. is' aview similar to Fig. 3, showing a rtion of a bottle in I,position infront o one of the wipers. ig. 1s a detail view of one of the wi -stripaIn t e drawings A designates the wiper which in the resent instanceconsists of an elbow-shaped uckle B one end of which is provided with aide roller C- the other end of the knuclr e being provided with arecessed portion D in which are secured the wiper-strips E. The knuckleB is suitably pivoted la' means of a in F to a forked member in the'usuelp manner, so as to rmit of freedom. of movement of the nuckle toadjust itself to the surface of the bottle.

In the resent instance the wi -stri E are m e of wires or smell ofspring-brass, bent as shown in Fig. 6, the wiper-strips E being securedin the reed portion D of the knuckle by means of the in il, suitablepins J and K being rovided or limiting the movement and ho ding thewiper-strips in position, as well as lst# ing the spring action of thewiper-strips E` The wiper-strips E are preferably bent at their engagingends in the shape of a small ring as shown nt M so es to presentaroundcd surface to the fece of the label. The general shape of the wir-stripe, in' the present instance, is a U- a one arm o the wiper-stripbeing a litt e shorter than the other. The wiper-strips E are als'o profvided with a bent or humped portion bN which acte to prevent the en endefrom riding over each other so entangled. The tangling of the wipexf'strips is very a t to happen when the'bottle to which the la el is beingapplied is of irregular form, which necessitates some of the wiperstrips being held in a dierent lane' from the others es shown in Figs. 2an 5.,

The whole neck-wiper device is d from pins v' which are attached to t eu per ends of the body-wiper su porting vers so that the neck-wipers marcombined motion as the body-wi e the same To this motion is added athird one b means of.

a stationa cam-plate e' whi acte on yielding ro lors v' at the lowerends of the neck-wiper levers, so that their upper ende are forced tomake nn inward motion during their descending motion und produce thewiping notion on the neck-label by guiding the neck-wipers by theirrollers around the bottleneck. The suspension of the noch' ed Il:

wiper levers from the body-wi1er levers il effected b means ofsuspending rode and c w ich are clamped to the pins e' means of s litsleeves v?, as shown in Fig. and exten downward from said pins, car# attheir lower ends laterally extending rackete c" to the inner ends ofwhich the neck wi r levers v' are.pivoted intermediately o theirlengthtg means of pivot pins v". It will be no that one of e neck-wiperlevers is located hi er than other, as shown in F' .A 1, an the dsnspening rod e for the hig er one is shorter' than h the suspending rod ls ofthe other lever. Springs c are arranged between 'the upper ends of theneck-wiper levers and the suspending brackets o for the same, and serveweA to hold the yielding rollers v nt the lower ends of the neck-wi rleven. in rontnet with the cam-plnte. Ifile springs v" interpoaedbetween the wipcwknuekles and the wiper-levers serve tn bring the.wiperltnttcltlen back into'tbc former pmttton after the wiping operationis finihell, while springs v between the lower end-- nf the neck-wi rlevers und pins nn the Shanks nf the yiel( ing rollers v impart ncertnin exibility to the neck-wiper levers und their rollers.

vFrom the above deseriptinn it will be ieen that the wiper-strips E nresu enndrtueted that n great lunmmt of flexibility is provided for, whiehiermits of the wiper-strips, ll assuming a large range of movement su as-to adapt themselves tu a great variety nf irregularly shaped bottles.'l'he wlperstrtps are also made of smull wire nr rods which' rmits of ularger number of wiperstripa or a given surfnet' thun is ut presentlxisnible with wiper-strips sttch as shown in mv aforesaid pitent.

' `While the Invention hns been described with particular reference tothe detuils of construction it is not to be considered as limitedthereto, as many changes mav be made and still fall within the scope ofthe following claimt. l

l claim:

1. ln a bottle-lulwling lnuehine, u wiper provided with guiding menusund with n plurality ol' resilient wiper-strips euch of said wl fr-stribeing formed of spring materia and being pmvided with means for oceaan"preventing mljzwenx wiper-strips from over- 'prmided with guidinglncnns and with n plurulity of wi|wrstrips eneh of said wiper- ,-trips=being nmde uf u strip of metal of appruxinmte U-simpe und having tmextension l'urxm-l h v bending the strip in the plane of mmen furpreventing ndjnrent wiper-stripe from nverhtpping eneh other.

4. ln n bottle-labeling machine, a wiper prmided with guiding menus andwith a plurality of wiper-.strips each of said wiperstrips being nmde ofn strip of metal of approximate U-hlmpe und secured at one end to saidwiper the other end of each of laid wiper-strips being rounded, each ofaaid wipet-strips being also provided with means for weventing adjacentwiper-strip! from over upping euch other.

In testimony whereof I have signed thia slwcifcntion in the presence oftwo anbacribiug witnesses.

